India's International Fellows
The government of India has taken several initiatives towards the international exposure of scientists working in India in addition to providing lucrative incentives to bring back the eminent scientists to the country vis-a-vis implementation of several International Fellowship Programmes / Schemes.
These International Fellowships include:
i) Fellowships for attracting highly skilled, outstanding researchers and scientists of Indian origin working abroad by providing them an attractive avenue to pursue their R&D interests in Indian Institutions.
ii) Fellowships providing opportunities to the best and brightest Indian students/ researchers / scientists to go abroad and gain exposure to world class research facilities and peers in leading institutions, thereby helping to build long-term R&D linkages and collaborations.
iii) Besides these, Indian scientists regularly apply for other international fellowships and their contributions are significant in the international arena.
These efforts have helped develop a pool of talents who are helping in the furtherance of excellence in science in the country. This Section provides information regarding the scholars honoured with these International Fellowships, the year of award, their affiliations and their area of work. It includes information regarding scholars like Ramanujan Fellows, Ramalingaswami Fellows, Wellcome Trust/DBT India Alliance Fellows, Fulbrighters, Human Frontier Science Program (HFSP) Fellows, Indo-Australia Early and Mid-Career Researchers (EMCR) and so on...
India International Talents
| Awardee | Fellowship Name | Year | Affiliation | Specialisation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nimisha Parekh | Fulbright Fellow | 2020 | CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory (CSIR-NCL), Pune; Northeastern University, Boston | Development of Mulberry and Non-mulberry Silk Fibroin cryogels to Promote Osteogenesis and Minimize Immune Rejection for Bone Tissue Regeneration |
| Nilakshi Goswami | Fulbright Fellow | 2020 | Royal Global University, Guwahati; Boston University, Boston | Re(Imagining) Women: A Comparative Study Investigating Gender Politics in American and Indian Graphic Novels |
| Aparna Neetiyath | Fulbright Fellow | 2020 | Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Dhanbad; Harvard Medical School, Boston | Analyzing the Phenotype of Each Single Cell with High Throughput and Information Content by the Transformative Tool of 3D Imaging Flow Cytometry |
| Kala Seetharam Sridhar | Fulbright Fellow | 2020 | Institute for Social and Economic Change (ISEC), Bengaluru; University of California, Los Angeles | Suburbanization of India’s Cities |
| Snehashish Mitra | Fulbright Fellow | 2020 | National Institute of Advanced Studies (NIAS), Bengaluru; | Between Forest and City: Land Contestations in the Hills of Guwahati |
| Ankur Kumar | Fulbright Fellow | 2020 | Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Mandi; Washington University in St. Louis | Biophysical Understanding of NS2B-NS3 Protease Folding and Inhibitor Identification for Zika Virus |
| Harpreet Singh Sidhu | Fulbright Fellow | 2020 | Punjab Police, Chandigarh; Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond | NA |
| Neeta Verma | Fulbright Fellow | 2020 | Directorate of Education, Government of NCT, New Delhi; Appalachian State University, Boone | NA |
| Remya Kommeri | Fulbright Fellow | 2020 | Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology (SCTIMST), Thiruvananthapuram; University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh | Analysis of Transcriptome and Proteome of Adipose-derived Stem Cells Fused with Cardiac Cells: Exploring the Scope of Microgel-mediated Transplantation |
| Dickens Leonard Michael Raj | Fulbright Fellow | 2020 | Centre for Studies in Social Sciences (CSSS), Kolkata; University California-Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz | Ethical Dimensions of Caste-less Community: Iyothee Thass, Dalit Movement, and Modern Print in Colonial India |